6 My longing heart and ravish'd soul
Shall both o'erflow with joy,
When in thy loved commandments I
My happy hours employ.

7 Then will I to thy holy laws
Lift up my willing hands;
My care and business then shall be
To study thy commands.

PART VII. ZAIN. C. M.

1. ACCORDING to thy promised grace,
Thy favor, LORD, extend;
Make good to me the word on which
Thy servant's hopes depend.

2 That only comfort in distress
Did all my griefs control;

Thy word, when troubles hemm'd me round, Revived my fainting soul.

3 Thy judgments then of ancient date
I quickly call'd to mind,

Till, ravish'd with such thoughts, my soul
Did speedy comfort find.

4 Thy name, that cheer'd my heart by day,
Has fill'd my thoughts by night:

I then resolv'd by thy just laws

To guide my steps aright.

5 That peace of mind, which has my soul
In deep distress sustain'd,

By strict obedience to thy will
I happily obtain❜d.

1 0 LORD, my God, my portion thou

And sure possession art;

Thy words I steadfastly resolve
To treasure in my heart.

2 With all the strength of warm desire
I did thy grace implore ;-
Disclose, according to thy word,
Thy mercy's boundless store.

3 With deep reflection and strict care
On all my ways I thought;
And so, reclaim'd to thy just paths,
My wand'ring steps I brought.

4 Prolonging not the time, my soul
Resolved without delay

To watch, that I might never more
From thy commandments stray.

1.WITH me, thy servant, thou hast dealt
Most graciously, O LORD;
Repeated benefits bestow'd,
According to thy word.

2 Teach me the sacred skill by which
Right judgment is attain'd,
Who in belief of thy commands
Have steadfastly remain'd.

3 Before affliction stopp'd my course,
My footsteps went astray;
But I have since been disciplined
Thy precepts to obey.

4 Thou art, O LORD, Supremely good,
And all thou dost is so;
On me, thy statutes to discern,
Thy saving skill bestow.

5 'T is good for me that I have felt
Affliction's chast'ning rod,

That I may duly learn and keep
The statutes of my God.

6 The law that from thy mouth proceeds Of more esteem I hold

Than richest mines, than thousand mines
Of silver and of gold.

PART X. JOD. C. M.

1 To me, who am the workmanship
Of thy almighty hands,
The heavenly understanding give
To learn thy just commands.

2 My preservation to thy saints
Strong comfort will afford,
To see success attend my hopes,
Who trusted in thy word.

3 That right thy judgments are, I now
By sure experience see;

And that in faithfulness, O LORD,
Thou hast afflicted me.

1 For ever and for ever, LORD,
Unchanged thou dost remain;
Thy word, establish'd in the heav'ns,
Does all their orbs sustain.

2 Through circling ages, LORD, thy truth
Immoveable shall stand,

As doth the earth, which thou uphold'st By thine almighty hand.

3 All things the course by thee ordain'd
E'en to this day fulfil;

They are thy faithful subjects all,
And servants of thy will.

4 Unless thy sacred law had been
My comfort and delight,

I must have fainted and expired
In dark affliction's night.

5 Thy precepts therefore from my thoughts Shall never, LORD, depart;

For thou by them hast to new life

Restored my dying heart.

6 I've seen an end of what we call
Perfection here below;

But thy commandments, like thyself,
No change or period know.

PART XIII. MEM. C. M.

1 THE love that to thy laws I bear
No language can display;
They with fresh wonders entertain
My raptured thoughts all day.

2 My feet with care I have refrain'd
From every sinful way,

That to thy sacred word I might
Entire obedience pay.

3 I have not from thy judgments stray'd,
By vain desires misled;

For, LORD, thou hast instructed me
Thy righteous paths to tread.

4 How sweet are all thy words to me!
O what divine repast!

How much more grateful to my soul
Than honey to my taste!

5 Taught by thy sacred precepts, I
With heav'nly skill am blest;

Through which the treach'rous ways of sin
I utterly detest.

1 THY word is to my feet a lamp,
The way of truth to show:

A watch-light, to point out the path
In which I ought to go.

2 I've vow'd, and from my cov❜nant, LORD,
Will never start aside,
That in thy righteous judgments I
Will steadfastly abide.

3 Let still my sacrifice of praise
With thee acceptance find;

And in thy righteous judgments, LORD,
Instruct my willing mind.

4 Thy testimonies I have made
My heritage and choiee;

For they, when other comforts fail,
My drooping heart rejoice.

5 My heart with early zeal began
Thy statutes to obey,

And, till my course of life is done,
Shall keep thine upright way.

1 DECEITFUL thoughts and practices
I utterly detest;

But to thy law affection bear
Too great to be express'd.

2 My hiding place, my refuge-tower,
And shield art thou, O LORD;
I firmly anchor all my hopes
On thy unerring word.

3 Away from me, ye wicked men,
Approach not my abode;
For firmly I resolve to keep
The precepts of my God.

4 According to thy gracious word,
From danger set me free;

Nor make me of those hopes ashamed,
That I repose on thee.

1 MINE eyes, alas! begin to fail,
In long expectance held;
Till thy salvation they behold
And righteous word fulfill'd.
2 To me, thy servant in distress,
Thy wonted grace display,
And discipline my willing heart
Thy statutes to obey.

3 On me, devoted to thy fear,
Thy sacred skill bestow,
That of thy testimonies I

The full extent may know.

4 Thy laws and precepts I account
In all respects divine;

They teach me to discern the right,
And all false ways decline.

PART XVII. PE. C. M.

1 THE Wonders which thy laws contain
No words can represent;
Therefore to learn and practice them
My zealous heart is bent.

2 The very entrance to thy word
Celestial light displays,

And knowledge of true happiness
To simplest minds conveys.

3 With eager hopes I waiting stood,
And fainting with desire,

That of thy wise commands I might
The sacred skill acquire.